Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2024-02-13

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Feb 13
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
281 head
▲ 170 vs last sale 111▲ 247 vs year ago 34 · +726.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 14▼ 39 vs year ago 54 · −72.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold 4-18 higher, heifers sold 5-15 higher. Slaughter cows were steady to 4 higher. Most of the calves were weaned yearling having 2 rounds of shots, listed in reports as M&L 1-2.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $246.51/cwt on 128 head.
Average price
$246.51
128 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,325
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$81
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$38.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.98
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1472257.051,21421
Medium and Large 1-2553246.811,36698
Medium and Large 2518218.651,1339thin
One grade step is worth $38.40/cwt here — about $81 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale128 hd
246.51
—
MS average13 barns · 1,705 hd
254.49
−7.98
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,106105.191,1636thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,60598.001,5731thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13395.201,0796thin

Every lot

46 lots · USDA AMS · Winona Stockyard - Winona, MS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1318335.28/cwt330.00–340.001,0662
Steers—Medium and Large 2400235.00/cwt235.00–235.009401
Steers—Medium and Large 1427312.14/cwt300.00–325.001,3335
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added463343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,5886
Steers—Medium and Large 2465268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,2461
Steers—Medium and Large 1470296.88/cwt280.00–310.001,3953
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2520322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,6771
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added525325.77/cwt321.00–329.001,71022
Steers—Medium and Large 1530273.75/cwt270.00–277.501,4512
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2555310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7214
Steers—Medium and Large 1570268.51/cwt267.00–270.001,5312
Steers—Medium and Large 2573247.51/cwt245.00–250.001,4182
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added576277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,59627
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added616280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,72513
Steers—Medium and Large 1620264.84/cwt260.00–270.001,6422
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added741234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,73412
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1283306.19/cwt300.00–312.508672
Heifers—Medium and Large 2290262.50/cwt262.50–262.507611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1335289.10/cwt265.00–312.509682
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2349288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,0057
Heifers—Medium and Large 2353251.24/cwt250.00–252.508872
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373269.80/cwt260.00–280.001,0062
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423252.49/cwt250.00–255.001,0682
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2532
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475228.48/cwt227.00–230.001,0852
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added479255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2496276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,3697
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added504258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,30010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535240.74/cwt235.00–245.001,2887
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573237.56/cwt232.50–242.501,3613
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573197.45/cwt195.00–200.001,1312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added591237.70/cwt231.00–255.001,40570
Heifers—Medium and Large 2600185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1680235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5981
Heifers—Medium and Large 2970166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,6101
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1230295.00/cwt295.00–295.006791
Bulls—Medium and Large 1275322.50/cwt322.50–322.508871
Bulls—Medium and Large 1390300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1702
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1469269.45/cwt260.00–277.501,2644
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2221
Bulls—Medium and Large 1600205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2301
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,086101.16/cwt98.00–107.001,0994
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13395.20/cwt88.00–104.001,0796
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,145113.26/cwt110.00–116.001,2972
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,60598.00/cwt98.00–98.001,5731

This sale against other markets

Mississippi weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Mississippi auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.